Associate Lecturer in Systemic and Multi-modal Practice

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen!

Would you like to teach on the D24 Child, adolescent and family mental wellbeing multidisciplinary practice course? Are you keen to develop CPD training, think about training and development and be part of putting bids together for new pieces of work in and out of the Trust?

The position of Associate Lecturer has been introduced to enable flexible delivery within a portfolio of courses, and where appropriate, across portfolios. It aims to facilitate the post holder in implementing a wide range of skills within an integrated post. The post holder will work flexibly across a range of programmes, largely the D24 and various CPD courses, to provide teaching, supervision and tuition to post graduate students and other professionals where appropriate and as required. The post holder will also be involved in recruitment and assessment processes and will assist flexibly in all aspects of course, CPD and training delivery within the portfolio and other portfolios where relevant.

Main duties of the job

To contribute to the teaching and supervision on a range of courses including complex clinical and/or research based Masters and where appropriate, Doctoral programmes, within the Systemic and Multi-Modal Portfolio and related portfolios as required.o To deliver asynchronous lectures, face to face or online workshops and seminars across the programmes.o To provide clinical or research supervision to students across courses in the portfolio and responding to often highly complex issues requiring consideration of a range of possible options and providing expert knowledge and input.o To participate in the development, administration and marking of assessments.o To act as personal tutor to allocated students on a range of programmes.o To ensure teaching and supervision integrates an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory framework and takes account of equality, diversity and inclusion.o To contribute to marketing initiatives when required, including attendance at Trust-wide and course specific open events for prospective students.o To assist in the recruitment and selection of applicants to the portfolio courses in close liaison with Course Leads ensuring issues of equality, equity, diversity and inclusion are addressed.

***Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

About us

The Trust has a national brief for training in the mental health professions, social care, education and forensic services across the age range. In 2020 the Trust was the first NHS body successful in obtaining registration with the Office for Students (OfS). Its academic awards are validated by university partners, mainly the University of Essex.

The Trust develops and delivers training initiatives that meet the needs of a modern health and social care sector and is responsive to policy and initiatives from government and other relevant agencies. The Trust is a welcoming and supportive organisation committed to ensuring its student body is diverse and reflects the populations its trainees will be working with. Its offer, provided through a range of platforms both digital and face to face, includes postgraduate programmes, CPD courses, and bespoke training for organisations.

Beyond this the Trust also provides organisational consultancy through Tavistock Consulting and hosts the National Workforce Skills Development Unit which works closely with Health Education England (HEE) to address key workforce challenges in the wider healthcare workforce.